Intercargo and Intertanko, the international associations that represent shipowners operating fleets of ships respectively bulk carriers and tankers, have welcomed with some the agreement on the decarbonisation of the sector Sea freight reached by MEPC on Friday of the International Maritime Organization ( of the 11th April 2025).

Intercargo is more alarmed: the secretary general of the association, Kostas Gkonis, explained that "Intercargo is concerned about the complexity of the measure taken by the IMO, ignoring calls for a simple, practical and therefore predictable, applicable and effective". Gkonis has underlined that however, "despite these challenges, our remains committed to supporting the IMO process and the its implementation. We will make every effort to help the industry to progress towards the fair and concrete transition needed for the International shipping and the bulk sector shoals".

For Intertanko, now that the draft of the framework has been defined, "the attention - noted the association's senior technical manager, KC Wong- Focus on the crucial implementation work. It still remains - Wong noted - to develop and modify a long list of guidelines for the implementation of the draft regulatory framework, a underline the scope and complexity of what we Hold on. It is essential that future discussions on the implementation guidance consider and recognize the crucial role of industry in achieving the desired greenhouse gas reductions".

The CEO of Intertanko, Tim Wilkins, criticized the way in which came to an agreement: "In an unusual move - explained - non-governmental organisations, including Intertanko, have been excluded from most discussions behind closed doors on emission reduction pathways. This ignored the vital contribution that industry makes to the regulatory process producing technical, practical and concrete analyses and information. The traditional IMO regulatory process must now resume and - has Wilkins highlighted – the industry's contribution must be taken in future diplomatic talks".